iOS 26.6 beta adds alert for blocked contacts limit, highlighting spam call management issues
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Summary
Apple's first beta of iOS 26.6 introduces an alert that notifies users when they've reached the blocked contacts limit. The article highlights that this feature reveals an underlying problem with how Apple, carriers, and regulators have handled spam calls, as the blocked contacts list has always had an undisclosed cap that users were previously unaware of until hitting the limit.
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Apple never told us, but iOS has always had a cap on how many numbers you can block.
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